He disregarded the unpleasant smell emanating from the girl and whether her pure white dress would get dirty.
She knelt down in front of the girl and spoke softly:
"you....."
"Yes."
The girl stopped singing, smiled, and looked up, but soon a look of confusion appeared on her face.
"That voice..."
However, the Holy Emperor ignored the girl's confusion and surprise; instead, she almost cried out in surprise.
The girl's eyes were tightly closed, covered with a thin cloth, clearly indicating that she was blind.
But that's the least likely thing to happen.
While Gastrea will ultimately lead the Cursed Child to the brink of monsterhood, before that happens, the Cursed Child will possess the strongest constitution, not only having miraculous regenerative abilities but also being immune to various diseases.
That's the real reason why they were able to survive even when they were homeless and had nothing to eat but rotten things.
However, the cursed child before them had gone blind...
That is to say....
"...What happened to your eyes?"
Although the Holy Emperor already knew the answer in his heart, he still couldn't help but ask it out loud.
"Ah."
The girl gently touched the area around her eyes.
"He was blinded by the lead filling."
She said it so naturally, without the slightest resentment, as if it were a very ordinary thing.
However, upon hearing this, the Holy Emperor's delicate body trembled slightly, and her tender lips parted as if she wanted to say something.
My throat felt unusually dry, and I couldn't speak at all.
She had let it go in the past because her subordinates had been outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, preventing her from investigating the matter thoroughly.
But right now, right in front of her, this very thing is happening...
"It wasn't someone else who did it, I did it myself." Perhaps sensing the hesitation from the Holy Emperor, the girl gently shook her head.
"Can you tell me why...? Why did you do this?"
"Because my mother hated my red eyes, she blinded me... although she still abandoned my sister and me in the end. And besides blinding myself and begging, I had no other way to support my sister..."
"..."
The Holy Emperor was speechless.
It turns out it was just for this reason...
Her heart was filled with bitterness, and her hands, clad in white silk gloves, involuntarily clenched the front of her dress.
Her heart ached, and an indescribable feeling of suffocation washed over her.
"Sister, you don't need to be sad for me, I've gotten used to it..."
Despite her own miserable state, she maintained a smile and even comforted the Holy Emperor.
"And, sister, you must be that Holy Emperor, right?"
"...You noticed?"
"Yes, because Your Majesty's voice is so pure, I wouldn't mistake you. Also, my sister and I like you very much. Thank you for all the efforts you've made for us, the Cursed Children. Thank you."
As she spoke, the young woman bowed deeply to the Holy Emperor once more.
However, such gratitude was like a series of sharp swords, constantly piercing her heart, and a pain as if torn it apart swept over her.
The pain made her bite her lower lip tightly.
Although this pain is nothing compared to even a fraction of what this child has gone through.
No wonder Mr. Shinji kept saying to me, "Why don't they eat meat porridge?" It seems I really am like that...
This was the first time she had left the Holy House without bodyguards and walked on the land she led.
Even though she had heard about the cursed child's plight before, she didn't understand what true heartache was until she actually saw it.
"I'm sorry, I'm an incompetent head of state, causing you to suffer such pain..."
With tears welling in his eyes, the Holy Emperor stretched out his white-gloved hands and gently cupped the girl's cheeks, completely disregarding whether they would get dirty.
"Sister Holy Emperor, please don't cry. Everything we've suffered is not your fault..."
"Why, why can you still laugh even like this?"
The Holy Emperor felt her strong heart crumbling little by little, and for the first time, she showed the emotions that only a girl her age would have.
The emotions that have been suppressed in the corner of my heart are being released.
"Because... there's no other way."
The phrase "there is no way" completely silenced the Holy Emperor.
"I can only survive by begging others like this, so naturally I have to keep smiling. Other than that, I don't know what other expression to make."
The girl gave a wry smile, her shoulders drooping slightly.
"However, recently I've been getting hit and cursed at more and more often, which makes me feel a bit uncomfortable... I wish I could get hit less every day."
Hearing this, the Holy Emperor felt as if his heart was bleeding.
She was reflecting on what she could do, what she could do for the girl, and what she could do for the cursed child.
Her gaze had involuntarily fallen on Yotsuba Mahiro, her eyes pleading for help.
Just then, a metallic sound came from the girl's begging bowl.
It wasn't money, but a pull tab from a soda can.
Even so, the girl still smiled slightly and bowed deeply without saying a word.
The two men who threw out the ring turned around and mocked the girl, but because of the sun hat covering their faces, they did not recognize that it was the Holy Emperor.
The Holy Emperor stared blankly at the pull ring in the bowl, and couldn't help but think:
How could someone do something so outrageous?
Now that things have come to this, she can no longer speak any words, and can only express everything through her thoughts.
She had seen many children of the curse.
But apart from the children who were the initiators, there were only the children who lived comfortably in Arcadia.
She had no idea what kind of lives other children, especially those who roamed the streets of Tokyo, led.
This was also the first time she had ever doubted everything she had done in the past.
Did all those things I did really have any meaning?
For no apparent reason, she recalled what Mahiro had just said to her...
But just then, she suddenly heard the sound of a trigger being pulled.
The Holy Emperor suddenly looked up and saw Yotsuba Mahiro standing there, pulling out that strange pistol and aiming it at the two people who hadn't left yet, and expressionlessly pulling the trigger.
In just a moment, the two people seemed to have experienced something extremely painful.
It was as if the water was being forcibly evaporated, steam kept rising from his body as he struggled.
But it couldn't make a sound.
Little by little, it knelt on the ground, little by little lost its struggle, and little by little died in agony.
When Yotsuba Mahiro pulled the trigger a second time, the two desiccated corpses turned into tiny dust particles, which dispersed with the breeze.
"I didn't expect that the 'explosion' magic of the Yitiao family would be so useful."
As he spoke, he disregarded the pale-faced Holy Emperor and approached the blind girl.
"Little sister, let me ask you a question, do you know Arcadia?"
“You mean... the shelters established in District 39? I know about them; I’ve heard about them from my companions.”
"Then why don't you go? If you go, you won't have to keep begging."
However, the girl shook her head and said, "Big brother, it's not that I don't want to go, but I can't... I'm blind and can't do anything. I also have a younger sister who is much younger than me. If I go, I'll only be a burden to her, so I can't go."
Hearing the girl say this, even he, who had witnessed countless tragedies involving children of curses, couldn't help but sigh.
How could anyone dislike such an obedient and sensible girl?
What's wrong with red eyes?
They weren't the ones who killed your family and friends. If you're so capable, go outside the monolith and find the Gastrea to take revenge!
What kind of skill is it to bully a group of little girls!
He felt increasingly disgusted with these humans.
At the same time, I feel saddened by the girl's plight.
Because he couldn't help the girl restore her eyesight, and because the limit Shiba Tatsuya could achieve by covering the intelligence body's resume was 24 hours, while his current limit was 48 hours.
But this girl has been blind for a long time...
"It's alright. Even if you can't do anything, even if you go blind, believe me, the gates of Arcadia will still be open to you."
After saying that, he stood up and made a phone call to Xia Shi.
"Big brother, who are you...?"
“I am the leader of Arcadia, my name is Yotsuba Mahiro, you can call me Mahiro-nii.”
He gently stroked the girl's hair.
Soon after, Tina and her sisters arrived at the overpass where he was, took the girl away, and went to pick up the girl's sister.
The Holy Emperor remained crouched throughout, staring at the pull ring in the bowl, seemingly lost in thought.
"Alright, stop being so downcast. This is reality. A reality that you, in your high position, can't see."
Zhenxun's words caused the Holy Emperor to purse his lips slightly.
She took a deep breath and exhaled.
She raised her head and looked at Yotsuba Mahiro again, and asked:
"...Mr. Mahiro, what should I do? Please teach me."
Chapter 87 Sumire Muroto: Now, it's my turn.
How to do?
Loyalty, of course!
Follow him, become his supporter, and watch him drag these people out and shoot them one by one!
There is no other choice!!
The Holy Emperor would naturally not do that.
However, since that day, the Holy Emperor has never come to see him again, nor has he ever gone to Arcadia, although he occasionally sends people to deliver some supplies there.
Moreover, his style of doing things has also undergone some subtle changes.
He began to disregard everyone's objections and his methods became more forceful.
First, the police inspector and his son were fired, and then they were sent to jail with the limited evidence they had that was difficult to convict them.
Immediately afterwards, they tried to forcefully push through the "Gastrul Act".
His attitude was so forceful that even Kikunojo Tendo, who served as his assistant, could no longer remain seated.
Although he was pleased with the growth of the Holy Emperor, after all, he had watched the child grow up with his own eyes, he was very dissatisfied with the things the child had done.
So he disregarded his own position and argued with the Holy Emperor several times.
Unfortunately--
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